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09-14-2008, 01:08 AM
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Just rediscovering Percy Jones.
What a killing tone. Very cool, very individual style.
This is a nice example: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RmhB_Ft1Nvw
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09-15-2008, 10:02 AM
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Lark in the Morning Instructional Videos; Audix Microphones | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Santa Cruz Mtns, California | | | No love for Percy?
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09-15-2008, 10:08 AM
|  | *kidding* | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | I dig the Perc. Lemme peep the clip...
Edit: Oh my. Mere moments into it now- insane. He's yet another oft-mentioned great that I don't know enough about, but that must change.
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09-15-2008, 10:14 AM
| | *kidding* | | Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Northern California | | | MORE
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09-15-2008, 10:17 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Minneapolis, Minnesota | | | I think Percy is great. I had his instructional video from the 90s. A real artist and a unique voice on the bass.
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09-15-2008, 10:31 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Portland Oregon | | | Never heard of him.....on my new top bassist list...guy is awesome, just watched his instructional vid...amazing ear on that guy..his intonation is brilliant. |
09-15-2008, 11:03 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Atlanta GA | | | I've seen him 4 times, twice with Brand X back in the day ("Masques" and "Product" tours) and Tunnels twice. One of my favorite fretless guys for certain, very individual and unique. Plus, very cool guy to hang out and talk with!
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09-15-2008, 11:13 AM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Toronto, Onatrio, Canada | | | "Brand X" is a must hear. (Phil Collins on drums too) but the clips on youtube won't due them/him justice. Pick up a CD. I reccomend "Product".
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09-15-2008, 11:58 AM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: Bellevue, WA | | | Check out Percy on the Tunnels version of Inseminator. The Brand X version is awesome too. His work with Tunnels is top notch. One of my favorite fretless players. |
09-15-2008, 06:27 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: May 2007 Location: NZ | | | Great player with a unique voice on bass. Percy was an early inspiration for me in the 70s with his Brand X playing. Moroccan Roll and Unorthodox Behaviour were my fave albums (on vinyl back then!).
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09-15-2008, 08:00 PM
|  | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | | Definitely one of the cats with his own voice on the instrument, a true artist!
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09-15-2008, 08:02 PM
| | C'mon man! | | Join Date: Dec 1999 Location: Hawaii | | p.s. for anybody who wants to hear what Percy is up to lately, check out the new album by Vic Stevens. He shares bass duties with Michael Manring. 
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09-15-2008, 08:16 PM
|  | Registered User | | Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: Cleveland, OH | | | Unbelievable live. My fav fretless player hands down.
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09-16-2008, 04:22 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | | I never really dug Brand X, despite considerable effort. However, I did like their track "Wal to Wal", thats worth hearing if you can find it. However, despite not really loving his playing, I always dug Percy for being such an innovator. |
09-20-2008, 05:28 AM
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Endorsing Bulkmusic Strings | | Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: Rovigo(Italy) | | | One of my greatest fretless inspirations ever...he's one of those guys you recognize from the first note.... |
09-21-2008, 07:35 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: New York City | | | I never got into Brand X -- despite being a die hard fusion fan back in the 70's, I always thought those guys were "second tier" composers compared to the Mahavishnus & RTFs etc -- but I loved Percy's work with Brian Eno. That was some fabulous playing. |
10-12-2008, 12:12 PM
| | | | Love Percy Jones. I got into him more through the freaky stuff he did with Eno more than Brand X though I've learned to like that stuff more as I got older. He was a big influence on people like Mick Karn, Bill Laswell and Kevin Hopper with all that pinggin' and Poppin' stuff he does. I've been listening to the Tunnels albums a lot recently. Great stuff. |
10-13-2008, 06:16 AM
| | Banned | | Join Date: Jul 2005 Location: Marathon Man | | Quote:
Originally Posted by Hoover I never got into Brand X -- despite being a die hard fusion fan back in the 70's, I always thought those guys were "second tier" composers compared to the Mahavishnus & RTFs etc -- but I loved Percy's work with Brian Eno. That was some fabulous playing. | Yeah, I never really got into Brand X either despite loving fusion. They just never really hit me as being very good at writing anything you could remember and go "now that is good music". |
10-13-2008, 04:18 PM
| | Registered User | | Join Date: Sep 2008 Location: Pacific Northwest USA | | | I love his work with Brand X and Eno. Definitely one of my inspirations.
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